FootballA defensive performance built on compactness rather than heroics.
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FootballTwo goals from turnovers in the opposition half suggest the intensity is back.
FootballThe inconsistency is real, and so is the argument that it was always the price.
FootballA third of their goals this season have come from dead balls, and the design is deliberate.
FootballTouch maps from the last two seasons show a positional change that has quietly become standard.
FootballMid-season signings arrive without a pre-season, and the record reflects it.
FootballBuilding from the back is now a keeper's primary skill, and squads are picked accordingly.
FootballContinuity of squad and manager still predicts staying up better than spending does.
FootballA change of shape has steadied a side that was conceding from the same situations repeatedly.
FootballA patient first half gave way to a decisive twenty-minute spell after the break.